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221. Archived: Evidence Summary: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-screening-2016
     April 05, 2016 - Objective: To systematically review literature on the accuracy of screening questionnaires and office-based … Main Outcomes and Measures: Diagnostic accuracy (sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value … When 95% CIs were not reported for diagnostic accuracy estimates, these intervals were calculated using … QUADAS-2: a revised tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies. … Range of Diagnostic Accuracy Values for COPD Screening Questionnaires in Included External Validation

222. Evidence Summary: Bladder Cancer in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary14/bladder-cancer-in-adults-screening
     October 15, 2010 - We also included studies that evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of urinalysis for hematuria, urinary … Studies of diagnostic accuracy that did not perform the reference standard in patients with negative … Data Synthesis and Analysis When data were available from diagnostic accuracy studies, we used the … Only 1 study provided data to calculate the diagnostic accuracy of the NMP22 compared with cystoscopy … Systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy. Ann Intern Med 2008;149:889-97.

223. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33609/psn-pdf
     March 15, 2025 - high risk of deterioration by analyzing changes in vital signs over time; and improving diagnostic accuracy … CDSS are also being used to augment clinicians' skills in other areas—such as diagnostic accuracy—but … impact-introducing-electronic-physiological-surveillance-system-hospital-mortality https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/diagnostic-accuracy-gps-when-using-early-intervention-decision-support-system-high-fidelity

224. Language Access Plan for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/policy/electronic/plain-writing/language-access.html
     August 01, 2024 - To improve cultural appropriateness and accuracy of translations, qualified translators and reviewers … relevant practices and procedures, focusing on progress made by AHRQ to improve and ensure the quality and accuracy … and take steps to ensure that such information is collected in a manner that increases comparability, accuracy … Participate in conversations with healthcare and human services partners to assess the accessibility, accuracy … time translation services such as Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) to ensure better accuracy

225. Final Progress Report: Emotional Influences on Diagnostic Error in Emergency Medicine: An Experimental Approach to Understand Diagnostic Failure and Facilitate Improvement for Patients with and without Mental Illness (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/isbell-boudreaux-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - Diagnostic accuracy did not vary across encounters; however, nurses were less likely to recommend tests … Throughout the coding process, rigorous procedures were used to ensure reliability and accuracy (e.g … Contrary to our hypotheses, diagnostic accuracy did not vary across simulated encounters. … Lack of variability in diagnostic accuracy may also be due to the specific cases we developed, some … Diagnostic accuracy did not vary across encounters. Aim #3.

226. Draft Research Plan: Intimate Partner Violence and Caregiver Abuse of Older or Vulnerable Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/intimate-partner-violence-abuse-older-vulnerable-adults
     February 09, 2023 - What is the accuracy of screening questionnaires or tools for identifying adolescents and adults with … instrument Study designs All KQs: RCTs KQ 2: Cross-sectional and cohort studies of diagnostic accuracy … § Results will be stratified by study setting in order to assess whether results for IPV screening accuracy … instrument Study designs All KQs: RCTs KQ 2: Cross-sectional and cohort studies of diagnostic accuracy … stratified by study setting to assess whether results for older or vulnerable adult abuse screening accuracy

227. Puh-Factraining-Guide (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruhealing/puh-factraining-guide.pdf
     April 02, 2025 - That way, the change team can understand what is being presented and will trust the accuracy of the … If there are continued concerns with accuracy, the team may need to check report data with actual … of On-Time Reports SAY: Nursing home staff implementing On-Time need to verify the accuracy … Check the accuracy of the data in the medical record contributing to the report variables. …  How would you respond to questions regarding the accuracy of the reports?

228. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention - Facilitator Training: Overview of On-Time (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/fallsprev/ontimefallpxoverview-ig.pdf
     April 02, 2025 - That way, the Change Team can understand what is being presented and will trust the accuracy of the … If there are continued concerns with accuracy, the team may need to check report data with actual … Slide 17: Facilitator Role: Checking the Accuracy … Check the accuracy of the data in the medical record contributing to the report variables. …  How would you respond to questions regarding the accuracy of the reports?

229. Improving Outpatient Medication Lists Using Temporal Reasoning and Clinical Texts | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-outpatient-medication-lists-using-temporal-reasoning-and-clinical
     January 01, 2023 - non-structured sources; however, few projects have examined the use of NLP as a method for improving the accuracy … MTERMs was noted to function with high accuracy, with an F-measure of 90.6 for free-text notes, and 94.0 … The F-measure is a measure of a test’s accuracy in which the highest score is 100.

230. Archived: Final Research Plan: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan142/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening-january-2017
     October 30, 2014 - questionnaires that distinguish people who are more or less likely to have OSA (key question 2) and the accuracy … What is the accuracy of currently existing clinical prediction tools or screening questionnaires in identifying … What is the accuracy of multistep screening approaches, such as using a questionnaire or prediction tool … What is the accuracy and reliability of diagnostic tests for OSA? 3b. … Does the accuracy and reliability of diagnostic tests for OSA differ for subgroups defined by age, sex

231. Final Research Plan: Lung Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/lung-cancer-screening
     August 16, 2018 - What is the accuracy of screening for lung cancer with LDCT?     b. … Does the accuracy of screening for lung cancer with LDCT differ for subgroups defined by age, sex, race … Does the accuracy of screening for lung cancer with LDCT differ for various approaches to nodule classification … also eligible; clinical prediction tools must include multiple factors KQ 3: Studies evaluating accuracy … The USPSTF revised the eligibility criteria for KQ 3 to clarify the reference standards for accuracy

232. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer: Screening, April 2001 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/skin-cancer-screening-2001
     April 01, 2001 - For information on accuracy of screening tests, we used the search terms sensitivity and specificity. … Five studies from mass screening programs reported the accuracy of skin examination as a screening test … Conclusions: The quality of the evidence addressing the accuracy of routine screening by primary care … To assess the accuracy of these methods, both for melanoma and for nonmelanoma skin cancer, we sought … The accuracy of skin self-examination for atypical nevi. Epidemiology 1996;7:619–23. 29.

233. Final Research Plan: Prevention of Acquisition of HIV: Preexposure Prophylaxis | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/prevention-of-human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-pre-exposure-prophylaxis
     January 13, 2022 - What is the diagnostic accuracy of provider or patient risk assessment tools in identifying persons at … fracture, and pregnancy-related outcomes; for KQ 2, lipid parameters and weight gain KQ 3: Diagnostic accuracy … Inpatient settings Study design KQs 1, 2: Randomized, controlled trials  KQ 3: Diagnostic accuracy

234. JAMA JATS (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/pKa4_DYwzuyD6RDgYzLMbo
     August 22, 2018 - STUDY SELECTION English-language randomized clinical trials (RCTs), studies evaluating test accuracy, … MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Abuse or neglect, morbidity caused by abuse, test accuracy, and harms. … Accuracy of Screening for IPV Key Question 2. … Male victims of partner violence: prevalence and accuracy of screening tools. … Accuracy of five domestic violence screening questions with nongraphic language.

235. AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research Program - AT A Glance 2023 (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ahrq-dhr-2023-year-in-review-at-a-glance.pdf
     January 01, 2023 - and Empowering Patients Story Title Impact Statement Principal Investigator(s) Type Studying the Accuracy … evaluating a popular, patient-facing symptom-checker app will improve understand- ing around app safety, accuracy … College of Medicine Emerging https://digital.ahrq.gov/program-overview/research-stories/studying-accuracy-symptom-checker-app-diagnosing-strokes-real … https://digital.ahrq.gov/program-overview/research-stories/studying-accuracy-symptom-checker-app-diagnosing-strokes-real … https://digital.ahrq.gov/program-overview/research-stories/studying-accuracy-symptom-checker-app-diagnosing-strokes-real

236. Screening for Depression and Suicide Risk in Children and Adolescents: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/_2-KL_eHkuBhbGrzcAHsB-
     June 01, 2022 - Task Force (USPSTF) commissioned a systematic review to evaluate the benefits and harms of screening, accuracy … Accuracy of Screening Tests The USPSTF found 7 fair-quality studies on accuracy of screening tests for … There were no studies of depression screening accuracy in children only; 1 study included chil- dren … For studies assessing accuracy of depression screening instru- ments, sensitivity ranged from 0.59 to … the accuracy of these screening tools using established USPSTF methodology was too uncertain for the

237. Archived: Evidence Summary: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary19/high-blood-pressure-in-adults-screening-monitoring-october-2015
     December 22, 2014 - For diagnostic accuracy of OBPM, we included studies that compared different office-based devices or … Per our protocol, we first calculated the diagnostic accuracy of OBPM by using the recommendations of … the diagnostic accuracy of OBPM methods or protocols in untreated screening populations. … Accuracy of blood pressure measurement in the family practice center. … QUADAS-2: a revised tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies.

238. Best Practices for Administering SOPS Surveys. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/best-practices-administering-sops-surveys
     January 10, 2024 - July 24, 2024 - July 24, 2024 Cognitive Load Theory and its Impact on Diagnostic Accuracy … Conference on Improving Health IT Safety Through the Use of Natural Language Processing to Improve Accuracy

239. Appendix A. Details on Scan Data Set, Manual Reviews, Algorithm Classification Methods, and Supplemental Scan Results | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/healthsystemsresearch/hspc-research-study/appendix-a.html
     June 01, 2020 - The appendix then provides information on machine learning methods and algorithm accuracy and, last, … due to its low kappa measures of interrater agreement (as seen in this table) and machine learning accuracy … Algorithm Accuracy We compared the machine learning algorithm’s classifications against the manual … Machine Learning Algorithm Accuracy Classification Category No. … These numbers were then used to calculate the overall accuracy measures of percent agreement, sensitivity

240. Serologic Screening for Genital Herpes Infection: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/YALMYpRCoRSu9nhPFGudEm
     November 01, 2022 - reaffirmation evidence update on targeted key questions to systematically evaluate the evidence on accuracy … The reaffirmation update focused on targeted key questions to systematically evaluate the evidence on accuracy … of Screening Tests The USPSTF found no new studies assessing the accuracy of sero- logic screening for … pregnant persons.1,22 Based on previous evidence from the 2016 re- view of 11 studies (n = 7129),5 accuracy … of asymptomatic genital HSV infection, including the following. • Studies assessing screening test accuracy